Constituent PtS2 | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: PtS2
Official name: Platinum(IV) sulfide

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: sulfide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 0.1

Chemical composition

Formula: $Pt^{4+} \cdot S^{2-}_2$
Chemical formula: PtS2
Elemental formula: (Pt4+) (S2-)2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Pt^{4+}$	Platinum cation	element	1	0.3333333333333333	1	constituent cation	main
	$S^{2-}$	Sulfide anion	element	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent anion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$ \cdot (\cdot) (\cdot) Pt^{4+} \cdot S^{2-} \cdot$	2

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: trigonal
Crystal class: scalenohedral
Crystal class symbol: -3m (D3d)
Crystal spacegroup: P-3m1

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 252.9 $g/mol$
Density: 7.86 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial
Diaphaneity: opaque